. >> but, you know, in looking at the law, actually. you have the right to a speedy trial in america. i never heard of a right to a slow trial, have you? that's what they're saying. we had a right to a slow trial, they pushed us into it and we couldn't prepare. that's the second biggest thing. >> any good litigator will tell his client, don't go in there tomorrow, don't apologize necessarily, i can't have you on the record admitting to this if we're going to appeal. you will close your appeal on the record at that very moment, so many of these people don't come in and apologize. >> no, they don't. >> that said, the judge sentences and a big part of sentencing the way i see it is whether someone is contrite, whether they are apologetic. whether they seek forgiveness, whether they seek mercy. so you have a huge decision to make when you're going into that courtroom on the eve of sentencing. >> and we've already seen what the decision is. either he decided to do this or his attorneys decided to do this. they said let's make a tape and send